Sky-Piercing Vine's predicament did not stem solely from the threat underground and Feng Jun's possible methods. It also had to face Yi Jue directly.
Like Elder Steel Bone, Yi Jue had only been imprisoned for an instant.
But the moment the imprisonment was lifted, she evaded Steel Bone's attack in a flash and continued to invoke her Dao intent. "Vitality!"
The consumption involved in invoking Dao intent was quite astonishing. This was mainly because her cultivation was too low and her understanding of Dao intent had not yet reached the introductory level—in simple terms, her technique was rather crude.
One's realm truly determined one's perspective. If her cultivation had been a little higher, the consumption would not have been so great. Those mighty figures proficient in using Word-Manifesting Law could casually speak a few words; what they worried about was karma, not consumption.
Yi Jue could invoke the Dao intent of "Vitality" at most twice. The spiritual qi expenditure was not great; the main costs were blood essence and divine sense, especially divine sense—Dao intent was also a kind of intent, but it existed on a different level. Using it beyond one's level naturally consumed an enormous amount.
Strictly speaking, Dao intent also involved karma—once Dao intent was spoken, none could resist it. How could it possibly not incur karma?
No matter how one calculated it, Yi Jue only had the strength for two uses of "Vitality," yet she launched them consecutively.
Her approach was similar to Steel Bone's. Top experts rarely differed much in their judgment of opportunities. Once they seized a chance, they would certainly be willing to invest heavily, striving to create a situation favorable to themselves. If they could take the opponent away in one wave, even better.
Her choice was not blind, either. Just as